Securing means for split axle housings and the like



June 13, 1933. T. v; BUCKWAL'I 'ER 4 SECURING MEANS FOR SPLIT AXLE HOUSINGS AND THE LIKE Filed June 25, 1931 w viA/roR PatentedJune 1933 4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE l TRACY v. BUcKwAL'rER; OF CANTON, onro; ASSIGNOR TO THE TIMKEN ROLLER Q BEARING COMPANY, F CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION on OHIO SECURING MEANs son SPLIT Axtnnou'smos AND :rBE LIxE Appllcationfiled June 25,

My invention relates to means for secura ing together the parts of split axle housings and the like; Itis adapted, for example, for

use in securing together railway axle housing members of the kind shown in my application Ser.No. 499,679. It has forits principal objects a construction that firmly secures the guiding means for assembling the parts. The

invention consists principally in a securing a means provided with an enlargement on its body portion adapted to fit in enlarged bores of the housing members that it secures together. The invention further consists in the securing means for split axle housings and i the like and the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed. a

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a split railway car axle housing providedwith securing means 1 embodying my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a detail vertical sectional view showlng one of the securing means.

1931. Serial No. 546,735.

lower housing memberQ constitute center ing or guidin means that facilitate proper positioning 0 the upper housing 1 on the lower housing with the bolts 5'projecting through the upper lugs 3, after which the upper nuts 6 are positioned to securely fasten the parts together. Removal of the upper housing member for inspection or repair purposes is easily accomplished and leaves the bolts in position to constitute centering means when the parts are reassembled.

What I claim is:

Securing means for split axle housings comprising perforated lugs on said housings, said lugs having opposed counterbored portions symmetrically disposed with respect to the housing axis in their opposing faces and securing bolts extending through said lugs,

said bolts each having an enlarged middle portion received in said counterbored portions of said lugs.

Signed at Canton, Ohio,this 19th day of J une 1931.

TRACY v. BUCKWALTER.

, y The axle housingcconstruction for railway a rolling stock shown in the enclosed drawing a is adapted for use with conical roller bearings or other antifriction bearings. The housing A is split alonga horizontal line,

a lower half housing 2. Along their meeting edges said housing members 1 and 2 are provided with a lugs 3 having bores 4 through which extend vertical securing bolts 5 prothereof and the lower portion 8 of the bore comprising an upper half housing 1 and a 4 of each upper lug 3 and the upper portion 9 of the bore 4 of each lower 1ug3 is counterbored or enlarged to receive snugly said enlargements 7 on said bolts 5, the bodies of V I said bolts 5 fitting somewhat loosely in the b r thereof. The vertica firmly held in position in the lugs 3 of the bores 4 beyond saidenlarged bores.

In assembling the construction, the lower axle housing member 2 is placed in position and the bolts 5 positioned in the lugs ly projecting bolts 5, 

